New year new meal planning thread

[lastqueenofscotland]

Looks like the other one may have dropped off?
Getting my arse back in gear
Tomorrow: Christmas dinner (Christmas for me was cancelled for covid)
Saturday: picky bits/leftovers
Sunday: jacket spuds with leftover chilli
Monday: borlotti bean shepherds pie
Tuesday: mushroom and leek risotto
Wednesday: satay noodle stirfry
Thursday: DP sorts

I'm just sitting down to do some meal planning, having completely lost my way with it over the last year.

I've been at it for half an hour and so far I have:
Sea bass with chorizo, samphire and potatoes for tomorrow
Pizza for Sunday.
Hopefully I get more on my list soon!

I'm still full of Christmas/ season spirit and still have festive food in, so try not to judge the extreme quantities of cheese 😂

New years day - lunch -French onion soup with roast beef provolone sandwiches to dip
Tea- braised chickpeas and peppers

Saturday -lunch- savoury monkey bread and baked Camembert with veg sticks
Tea- tomato soup with any left overs bread

Sunday lunch- 5 spice roasted goose with Asian style slaw and pancakes
Tea- pate pickles chutneys and toast

Monday- lunch - leftover goose and slaw spring rolls
Tea- Braised cabbage in broth

Tuesday- lunch - Middle Eastern Mac n cheese
Tea- chicken chilli and mango salad.

Wednesday (12 th night) - lunch- dressed crab with blood orange and chicory and fried fruit cake and cream.

Tea- takeaway as I'll have spent all afternoon taking down the decs and cleaning.

Today: potato dosas and channa dhal, as I fancied a pootling in the kitchen sort of day. Will also make a sambal, some coconut chutney and some sort of salad.

Tomorrow - possibly sausage and mash, or nut roast things and roast potatoes/vege

Beyond that, no idea, but a chilli will feature somewhere and probably omelettes.

Feta traybake
Chickpea stew with the rest of the pitta breads
Frittata with the remaining feta
Soup and ciabatta
Risotto using the rest of the pesto and tomatoes

@Fivemoreminutes1

Feta traybake Chickpea stew with the rest of the pitta breads Frittata with the remaining feta Soup and ciabatta Risotto using the rest of the pesto and tomatoes

Love your planning here.

@Fivemoreminutes1 you’ve inspired me . I have all the ingredients for that Greek feta tray bake, I think we’ll have that tomorrow.

Today: Creamy garlic mushroom tagliatelle
Mon: Tray bake with pitta
Tues: Caramelised onion, brie & blue cheese tart with salad
Wed: Baked potatoes with whatever fillings, salad
Thurs: Smoky tomato & halloumi stew, crusty baguette
Fri: Sweet chilli sriracha salmon with rice & stir fried greens.

Our plan this week is:
Today - Bacon and tomato pasta
Monday - Scampi/Vegetable fingers with beans and chips
Tuesday - Chicken fajitas with salad
Wednesday - Vegetable stir fry
Thursday - Omelette
Friday - Pizza/prawn salad for me
Saturday - Beef Lasange
Sunday - Fish fingers, vegetables and mash potatoes

[quote WhatsMyNameGonnaBeNow]@Fivemoreminutes1 you’ve inspired me . I have all the ingredients for that Greek feta tray bake, I think we’ll have that tomorrow.

Today: Creamy garlic mushroom tagliatelle
Mon: Tray bake with pitta
Tues: Caramelised onion, brie & blue cheese tart with salad
Wed: Baked potatoes with whatever fillings, salad
Thurs: Smoky tomato & halloumi stew, crusty baguette
Fri: Sweet chilli sriracha salmon with rice & stir fried greens.[/quote]
Trying to eat less meat this year and love the sound of your smoky tomato and halloumi stew - could you share the recipe? Thanks 😊

Today- hidden veg pilaf from the Higgidy veg cookbook

M- tacos- papas a la Mexicana (potato stew), yucatan salsa, guacamole, lettuce and lime pickled onions from The Spicery Taco legend book

T- pasta Alfredo with broccoli, carrots and onion

W- tacos with veggie mince, leftover salsa, lettuce and guacamole from the Spicery taco legend

T- tagliatelle with ragu for DH from the Pasta Grannies cookbook and tagliatelle with pesto for me

F- Chole Bhature

Any chance of your chole bature recipe, please, @MilduraS ?

Ooh, new thread, new year! I like it. And happy new year to everyone.

Also loving ideas already. I do a similar roasted veg/feta type meal quite often for lunch to @Fivemoreminutes1 but with couscous and I don't usually bother to add the feta to the roasting tray but might try that!

Feeling like Asian flavours after all the traditional English Christmas meals...which is mildly tricky as I don't have a huge repertoire. But for next five or six days I've got:

Salmon with soy/ginger/lime/lemongrass and veg and rice/noodles
Beef stirfry
Butternut curry (with addition of peanut butter thanks to last thread!)
Chickpea and pepper curry
Fajitas
Baked chicken - flavours to depend on how I'm feeling by then but could be soy, sesame and honey etc or my more traditional lemon/garlic

Loving all these ideas, first time on this thread trying to be more organised with meals and shopping.
Would you mind @SpaceOp to share the Butternut curry with peanut butter please?

Made this peanut butter curry type thing last week. Used pasta, rather than tinned tomatoes. It was ridiculously easy and very tasty.

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

Made this peanut butter curry type thing last week. Used pasta, rather than tinned tomatoes. It was ridiculously easy and very tasty.

Thank you just made a note of this for next week

@Lellyo it's not a recipe as such! It's just the addition of peanut butter to my original cheat thai red curry: So lightly saute some onion and garlic and lemongrass if you have it, add the curry paste and peanut butter and cook for a minute or two. Add half the coconut milk and boil few a few minutes to thicken, then rest of coconut milk, vegetables and water (about same again as for the milk). Then lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and salt at the end. And fresh coriander if you have it (which I almost never do).

Passata, not pasta btw. Stupid bloody kindle!

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie that slow cooker recipe looks great and v easy - I think I'll give it a try with my usual swap of butternut instead of sweet potato. Thanks!

@SpaceOp thank you for your recipe, also noted for next week as well. Starting to feel quite smug with my menu planning 👍

Can I join? I plan on a Tue as get veg delivery from our local market on Wed.

T veggie sausages, onion gravy, cauli mash
W chicken tagline and couscous
T roasted gnocchi
F turkey mince enchiladas
S Breaded fish and wedges
S roasted red pepper pasta
M carrot and green bean dry curry with coconut yog

@generallyfailing That should have said smoky tomato, bean & halloumi stew. For some reason the iPad isn’t letting me paste links today but google Bosh smoky bean stew and it’s pretty much that adapted to taste. I add more veg - peppers, mushrooms etc and use a mix of whatever beans I have in. Top with fried halloumi and have it with slices of baguette/toasted sourdough.

Also very tasty with vegetarian sausages.

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

Any chance of your chole bature recipe, please, *@MilduraS* ?

I forgot to mention it was from The Spicery veg curry legend book which uses their curry legend spice mixes. Photos of recipe attached, their suggested replacements for their spice mixes below.

Haldi blend- half the amount in turmeric
Methi blend- garam masala
Jeera blend- cumin seeds (or half and half with mustard seeds if you have them)

Thanks @MilduraSdura

Thanks so much @WhatsMyNameGonnaBeNow

Found you!! My parents have taken D.C. away for a few days so DH are breaking the norm and deciding each day what to cook together - it’s lovely! Back to planning next week

I have to say that the butternut and peanut butter in the red curry was another massive win last night. I wasn't entirely surprised as it has gone down well the last two times but I cut the butternut into smaller chunks than normal and for whatever reason, that 100% worked for DS!

@KobaniDaughters aaah, the days of ad hoc food preparation. I always land up eating luxury food like steak and lamb chops in those situations! Enjoy!